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October Contest Winners

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Thanks to our readers who joined in on the fun for our October Lesson Idea Contest! We had some wonderful entries via email and it was tough to choose just three winners…but here they are:

1st Place - A Year Subscription to Highlights Magazine : Congrats to Rachel for sharing how she used Stump The Teacher [...]

I Won!

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You may remember that I mentioned The Latin Baby Book Club here before. If not, be sure to check them out to find out more about Latin authors, bilingual books and reviews, songs, and much more!
So they were having a book giveaway on their site this month…and I won! I never win anything, so I’m [...]

Start Your Kid’s Day With Cheerios and a Free Book!

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They’re at it again…Cheerios will be giving away free books this fall for their Spoonful of Stories Program!
If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a program that works to donate books to kids who need them. From Cheerios:

In celebration of the 6th anniversary of the Spoonfuls of Stories® program, First Book and Cheerios® are distributing [...]

Eat Up These Literature Tins!

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Looking for a great idea to do with your kids to tie in some of the literature you’ve been reading? Well then you have to head over to Sycamore Stirrings for one of the most innovative ideas I’ve seen in a while! She shows you how to tie in food and treats with the books [...]

Literacy Lowdown - Sept 1

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I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! Our thoughts are with all of those that are being affected by Gustav.
This week’s Literacy Lowdown offers some cool resources that you’ll be sure to use again and again. Have fun browsing…
Book Hooked: Do you remember that first book that really got your interest? The one that made [...]

September Giveaway and More For October!

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First of all, thanks to everyone who participated in our August giveaway by subscribing to Reading Coach Online! We’ve randomly chosen and notified our winner for the Abunga
gift card (Congratulations!), and we’re even doing another Gift Card Giveaway in September to give everyone else another chance to win.  Don’t worry, September’s giveaway is open [...]

Literacy Lowdown - 8/24

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We’ve had a great week here at Reading Coach…we’ve nearly doubled our readers! We’re getting a lot of great emails and comments from you guys - sharing your stories and asking some really good questions (I’ll soon turn some of those into a post). People are passing us around and we’re getting in contact with [...]

Literacy Lowdown - 8/17

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Check out this week’s reading roundup for some cool posts from other homeschoolers…happy reading!
Dawn at Day by Day Discoveries has discovered that reading is the key to her daughter’s success with math problems - and that they’re actually fun now!
Yielded Heart shares her tools for organizing her homeschool…she really likes making reading logs for her [...]

The Latin Baby Book Club Is Here!

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Thanks to The Hen over at Bilingual in the Boonies for the heads up on the launching of the new site Latin Baby Book Club.
I’m really excited about this new resource because it allows parents to find new books and music in Spanish for their kids. This site will serve as a great place to [...]

Literacy Lowdown

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In the spirit of keeping our great readers updated with the latest in homeschool reading and beyond, I’m launching our new recurring post named Literacy Lowdown. Visit the site each week (or better yet subscribe here to receive updates automatically!) to learn what is going on around the blogosphere as it relates to homeschool reading [...]